Day: 2 March 2006

France leads 13-strong coalition on air ticket tax

An international effort to tax the airline industry finally came into focus this week, as 12 countries decided to join France in imposing a levy on air tickets at a conference in Paris on Wednesday.

Incineration debate out in open at last

It was something of a Pandora's Box for the waste industry but now the debate on incinerators is out in the open sector professionals have reacted with relief.

Bag tax central to Irish packaging waste success story

The Irish authorities are confident of meeting the latest EU targets set for packaging waste and part of the credit is owed to the introduction of the national tax on plastic bags.

Hope of glass jobs shattered

Plans to set up the textbook sustainable enterprise - creating 200 jobs converting contaminated waste into recycled glass on a brownfield site in a deprived area - look to have collapsed.

Industry believes UK off target on landfill

The UK is unlikely to meet its EU targets to divert waste away from landfill according to a survey of industry experts.

Russian floating nuclear reactors spark contamination fears

Russia's plans to have a floating nuclear power plant operational by 2009, with five or more to follow, have brought fears of nuclear contamination to the people and marine life of Arctic regions.

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